By Sophie Chan, Online Editor In early October, when the Nobel Foundation began announcing the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prizes, The Washington Post commented on the awards with an article titled “The most important Nobel prizes — this week’s awards underscore the mighty power of hard science.” This sentiment that the sciences are the …
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NASA’s Artemis II: Launching into the Future
By Aya Goldwasser, Contributing Writer In the field of astronomy, the search for more information about the universe continues. One of these research endeavors is NASA’s new Artemis II. According to NASA’s official website, Artemis II will launch in April 2026 at the earliest and send four astronauts around the moon in a newly built …
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Should Billionaires Be Reaching for the Stars?
By Christina Gabrieli, Banner Staff Recently, space exploration has seen a shift in who is launching rockets into space; traditionally, government agencies like NASA were the forces behind these explorations, but currently, private billionaires have taken their place. Entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson are pioneering this new era of space travel, …
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